It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype? Eifion Rees | 30th August 2011 News Bamboo Deforestation Rainforest Energy Wood bamboo2.jpg It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the …
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms Eifion Rees | 4th May 2011 News Wind Energy Renewables turbine.jpg A lack of technical and economic data on wind farms is making it …
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...
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All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… 5th November 2010 Ethical Living Politics And Economics Green Living Guides Ethical Finance … by David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation charts the rise and fall …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… 5th November 2010 Ethical Living Politics And Economics Green Living Guides Ethical Finance … by David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation charts the rise and fall …
David Cameron's appointment of a 'shops tsar', the controversial Localism Bill, and increasing opposition to supermarkets and other chain stores could mark a turning point in the struggle to save Britain's high streets
… Small Island almost two decades ago; the New Economics Foundation (NEF) coined the term …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
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Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
… condemns the poor to poverty Oxford Economics Professor and former head of … romantic environmentalism and mainstream economics to help poor countries HOW TO MAKE A …
Some of nature's most majestic creatures are migratory, but their future in a changing world is far from certain, as a stunning new book of photographs makes clear
… An explosive mix of animals, people and economics means that land in Africa is …
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life
Using compressed straw as the ultimate eco building material Eifion Rees | 20th November 2009 Activism Energy Home Building Construction Straw Straw Bale Insulation Efficiency balehaus.jpg A new …
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Education Skills Ecologist Guide To Green Skills And Education turbineengineer.jpg Weaning …
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Education Skills Ecologist Guide To Green Skills And Education turbineengineer.jpg Weaning …
Eifion Rees finds out that the golfing world’s eco credentials are simply full of holes.
On the fareway - how the golfing green fares poorly on eco-credentials Eifion Rees | 24th July 2008 News Golf Sport Water Environment Water Green Living Society golflg.jpg Eifion Rees finds out that …
The pressure is on climate forecasters to give us more accurate predictions of impacts, such as rising sea levels, but ahead of the Durban climate summit scientists say we still have much to learn
Beyond climategate: can we keep the politics and science of climate forecasting separate? Eifion Rees | 3rd November 2011 News Climategate Climate Change Durban News In Brief emailclimate.jpg Any …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
Extent of agricultural land-grab revealed on new website Eifion Rees | 22nd June 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Food And Farming Crops Korea Madagascar Hectare Philippines Qatar …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima Roberts Eifion Rees Matilda Lee | 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie Singh Rob Hopkins Transition …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima Roberts Eifion Rees Matilda Lee | 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie Singh Rob Hopkins Transition …
Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the face of sustainable building in the UK. In 2012, construction begins on the greenest development of its size and scope in the UK
Forget eco-towns - real green house-building is already happening Eifion Rees | 12th January 2010 Activism Climate Change Green Living Eco Housing Green Development Sustainable Homes Cambridge …
The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
Everest in peace Eifion Rees | 1st June 2009 News Investigation Natural World Mount Everest Monutineering Mountainclimbing Travel investigates.jpg The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake …